By KTM South Africa: The South Coast’s technical terrain and tight forest trails were always going to be a challenge – but when heavier rainfall than expected was added to the mix, riders were suddenly in for an extreme weekend of racing…

Every Athlete’s dream is to represent their country for their sport. That dream came true for me. After 3 years of applying for my national colors I was finally awarded my Springbok colors for Motorsport. All the years of hard work, long hours of training, sacrifices made and purely for the love of the sport.

Racing this year in defense of my previous years title in the Silver class, I knew the 2016 edition wouldn’t be so easy. With way more competitors, stronger competition and a tougher track I sure had my work cut out for me.

The legend Alfie Cox held his first ever extreme Enduro invitational event on the South Coast at the Hendersons farm near the town of Unzumbe. 40 of South Africa’s best extreme Enduro riders were handpicked by Alfie himself to compete in the race and I was very grateful to be apart of the mix and the only female rider.

King of the Hill Hard Enduro in Romania was Another great opportunity made possible by the organizers of the event, my sponsors and Holger Dettman. It was a race I was always interested in and when the opportunity came up I jumped at it with open arms.

Last minute decision and I was off to Germany, with a unknown borrowed bike, 1 week of training and before I knew in an arena racing against the best in the world, X games gold medalist and ENDURO X world champion Sandra Gomez, trials bike world champion Emma Bristol and the German WMX champion.